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Wednesday, May 1, 2024

My review of Bill Denheld's new book NED KELLY AUSTRALIAN IRON-ICON, A CERTAIN TRUTH [Sharon Hollingsworth]

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Bill Denheld has finally released his long-awaited book - NED KELLY  AUSTRALIAN IRON-ICON, A CERTAIN TRUTH -  HIS-STORY, MY STORY . To o...
Sunday, October 22, 2023

Ann Jones was not friends with Sgt Kennedy, nor was she invited to stay with his family! [Sharon Hollingsworth]

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  Isn't it funny how everyone just accepts what has been written in books without a second thought? Even when primary sources are given,...
Sunday, July 16, 2023

My Ned Kelly Gang themed silk scarf [Sharon Hollingsworth]

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 Recently on ebay US I found this Ned Kelly Gang themed silk scarf. I had not searched ebay for Kelly stuff for a while and was surprised to...
Thursday, March 16, 2023

Book Review: My thoughts on Lachlan Strahan's "Justice in Kelly Country" [Sharon Hollingsworth]

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Little JoJo checking out Justice in Kelly Country. Our verdict is two thumbs/paws up!                                                Ok, I h...
Monday, February 20, 2023

The Special Police Train and Pilot Engine - Good Ol' Number 107 [Sharon Hollingsworth]

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 Recently on a Ned Kelly facebook page  we have been discussing what type of engine (coal or wood?) might have been used for the Police Spec...
Sunday, June 27, 2021

Trainstopping: The Varied Outcomes in A. Bertram Chandler's Fictional Glenrowan [Sharon Hollingsworth]

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  Note: spoilers ahead. If you plan to read any of A. Bertram Chandler's Kelly/siege narratives and you want to wait to be surprised, yo...
Wednesday, August 21, 2019

ALERT: The book "Undead Kelly" by Timothy Bowden is back in print!

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Great news! The terrific novel "Undead Kelly" by Timothy Bowden that I had reviewed a while back is now back in print and on kind...
Wednesday, June 26, 2019

Ned Kelly's Last Stand Centenary [Sharon Hollingsworth]

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Many years back (2005) I did an article about the Ned Kelly Centenary Festival at Winton that took place in November of 1980. My interest...
Tuesday, December 4, 2018

Flashback: The 1980 Ned Kelly Centenary Festival [Sharon Hollingsworth]

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NOTE- this was first published back on February 18, 2005 at Dave White's glenrowan1880 website. I figured it was high time f...
Sunday, November 4, 2018

FLASHBACK: Did They Really Fire 15,000 Rounds at the Siege of Glenrowan? [Sharon Hollingsworth]

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Note that this article was written for the now defunct glenrowan1880 website back in September of 2008. I used what resources I had to hand...
Saturday, November 3, 2018

Link to Dr. Stuart Dawson's Latest Myth Busting Article

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Dr. Stuart Dawson, who is an Adjunct Research Fellow at Monash University, has become well known in Kelly circles as being something of a me...
Friday, September 21, 2018

Flashback: John Molony interview from 2006

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 With the recent passing of Professor John Molony ( https://www.canberratimes.com.au/national/act/anu-historian-john-molony-dead-at-91-2...